About the new state Senate Bill 67 that has raised the DUI fines and penalties: Not only did they raise the penalties and fines but they also doubled the blood alcohol content for this, which to me does not make sense. The DA-qualified BAC is .08 and I see no reason why they think they’ve done a deed of raising the penalties and fines when they raised the BAC for accidents. Accidents can be caused by anybody that has a .08 or higher BAC.

City schools are positive step

How does one become labeled an elitist when discussing a city school system? Did anyone in Mobile County say the same of Saraland or Chickasaw? I hardly think so. Semmes and Theodore will be next, and I don’t hear anyone whining about it. It’s a good positive change.

City control has benefits

Regarding a city school system for Fairhope or any other community: Local control does work. Look at our Police Department, utilities, library and parks. If local control doesn’t work, if there is truly no benefit to it, then why not let the county run all those services as well?

Feds will have final say

To the citizens in the city of Fairhope: The Justice Department — Eric Holder and his crowd — will have the final word of any private or city school system. They will be looking at the minority and racial makeup, for sure. You’ve got to be politically correct. You are opening a can of worms. It will never be a Fairhope citywide school system. It’ll be the federal government’s school system.

Social Security still has funds

To those worried about receiving a Social Security check: Be advised that if you don’t receive a check, it’ll be because President Obama decided something or someone else was more important, because the money is coming in every month. Besides, if you’ll remember, Harry Reid guaranteed that Social Security wasn’t in trouble and had plenty of money for several years to come. So they have plenty of money.

Check receipt in the store

The person who called about watching your cash register receipt is absolutely right. I happened to be in a major supercenter in Foley the other day when strawberries were on sale for a dollar. After I got home, I realized I was charged $1.78. So, people, check your cash register receipt. You’d be surprised how much money you save if you watch it.

Law passed; now enforce it

I just saw an article about the new immigration law being imposed in September. Remember, we all had a voice and vote in November — preachers, teachers, principals, school board members, police officers, common person, everybody. We voted for a Republican who supported the immigration law. It’s time for us to quit whining about it, enforce it, take care of American-born children who are suffering, don’t have a home, living in cars, don’t have enough food, don’t have clean clothes. We need to take care of our own. Stop foreign aid. Bring our people home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Secure our borders. We have many problems in our own country. Look after our country first.

Poor conditions on roadway

It’s a sorry shame the way the Alabama highway department has treated the motorists on Ala. 181 during all this construction. It was confusing, dangerous and it’s a wonder someone wasn’t killed with all the barrels and signs. Now that we finally got some rain, it looks like the construction has caused flooding on the adjacent properties. Maybe we ought to get the Georgia Department of Transportation to come take care of the highways here. They seem to know how to work.

Can’t afford wages, gas

This is about all these people down here wanting to hire people at the beach. Well, people might take those jobs if they paid something, but they pay them minimum wage and gas is $3.75 down there. How in the heck can you drive back and forth to Gulf Shores on minimum wage? Minimum wage is $280. The government takes $80. Now how are you going to live on $200 a week before gas? That’s ludicrous.